Mauritanian, African Ulema Forum Organizes Symposium on Violence

The Forum of Mauritanian and African Ulema organized, Wednesday in Nouakchott, via videoconference, a scientific symposium under the theme: ‘’ the phenomenon of domestic violence and family challenges in the context of Covid-19 pandemic’’. The meeting, which was organized in collaboration with the UN Population Fund, aims at discussing the phenomenon of domestic violence and its danger to Muslim communities. The Secretary General of the Forum of Mauritanian and African Ulema, Mr. Cheikh Ould Zein Ould Limam, pointed out that such a meeting will discuss violence against women and its dimensions in order to protect the Islamic society against this phenomenon. He added that the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the social values and the structure of human family in general.